Yes, Numbers Look Smaller When You Subtract 1/3

by Jon Caldara | 1:28 pm, November 2, 2012

The education funding mafia is making a sport of touting false education spending numbers in order to scare voters into voting for higher taxes. They continue to spread the lie that Colorado ranks near the bottom in per pupil funding, and often cite the statistic “$6,500 per pupil.” Meanwhile, if they cared to look at [...]

Monday Links

by Jon Caldara | 11:33 am, October 1, 2012

It’s Monday. Booooooo. No one likes Mondays. But allow me to help you cope with today.
If you happen to be male and reading this, then I’m certain you did not attend our women-only renewable energy debate we had this past Wednesday. I snuck in to watch for a few minutes here and there and let [...]

Education Reform and FREE Refrigerators!

by Jon Caldara | 4:10 pm, June 7, 2012

If you wanted an inside perspective on the open negotiations between the Douglas County Board of Education and their teachers union, take a look at Education Policy analyst Ben DeGrow’s article for Public Sector Inc, Challenging Union Power and Privilege: From Wisconsin to Colorado. Ben makes note that reforms are happening down in Douglas County [...]

Occupy Chicago May Day march pics you won’t see in the establishment media

by Robt Ball | 4:29 pm, May 4, 2012

Must see pictures from OWS Chicago. The evidence is in on who OWS is. Unions, Communists, Marxists are not Strange Bedfellows as  is sometimes claimed, they are all of the same mind.Here is ONE of many pics posted, click on the link below to see t…

Occupy Chicago May Day march pics you won’t see in the establishment media

by Robt Ball | 4:29 pm, May 4, 2012

Must see pictures from OWS Chicago. The evidence is in on who OWS is. Unions, Communists, Marxists are not Strange Bedfellows as  is sometimes claimed, they are all of the same mind.Here is ONE of many pics posted, click on the link below to see t…

How much does the teachers union love Prop. 103?

by Kelly Maher | 9:39 pm, October 10, 2011

I e-mailed the largest teachers’ union in Colorado to ask if they planned further support “in time or money” of Prop. 103, the $2.9 billion tax hike on the Nov. 1 ballot. Here’s the response…

Investigation into Atlanta Public School’s cheating finds unethical behavior across every level

by Mr. Bob | 8:28 am, July 6, 2011

Investigation into Atlanta Public School’s cheating finds unethical behavior across every level | ajc.comEntire organizations dedicated to cheating on test scores to maintain status quo. Imagine if your child went to one of these schools…..of course…

Wisconsin remains “Ground Zero” in collective bargaining court battle

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, June 17, 2011

Premature declarations of victory have been all the rage in Wisconsin this year…
April’s hotly-contested Wisconsin Supreme Court elections – putting Wisconsin at “Ground Zero” for an attempted political ploy to overturn recently-passed legislation by seizing control of the state supreme court – saw union-backed challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg prematurely declare victory in what could have been [...]

Clear The Bench Colorado Director Matt Arnold discusses Wisconsin Supreme Court elections and implications on Backbone Radio

by CTBC Director | 4:11 pm, April 12, 2011

The hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court elections – pitting incumbent and self-described “judicial conservative” David Prosser against union-backed challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg – put Wisconsin back into the political spotlight as “Ground Zero” in the ongoing fight to control an increasingly powerful and unchecked one-third of state governments.
At stake in Wisconsin  was (and remains) more than the [...]

The dangers of prematurely declaring victory – as illustrated in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election

by CTBC Director | 3:03 pm, April 10, 2011

The hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court elections – pitting incumbent and self-described “judicial conservative” David Prosser against union-backed challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg – put Wisconsin back into the political spotlight as “Ground Zero” in the ongoing fight to control an increasingly powerful and unchecked one-third of state governments.
At stake in Wisconsin  was (and remains) more than [...]

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